On 7/8/2015 12:16 PM, Acme Bully Control wrote:
> On 7/8/2015 4:12 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 7/8/2015 11:19 AM, Acme Bully Control wrote:
>>> On 7/8/2015 3:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 7/8/2015 10:01 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:22:18 -1000, dsi1
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 4:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 8:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 3:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> dsi1, please ttop talking about the "mainland" as if Hawaii is not
>>>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>>>> of the USA. It is. Maybe you should venture out.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've always heard of the continental 48 states referred to as
>>>>>>>> "mainland". The culture is much different that what we have. How
>>>>>>>> would you differentiate? We talk about southern states, left
>>>>>>>> coast,
>>>>>>>> northern, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Agree. Alaska has many differences as well. I had a friend from
>>>>>>> Hawaii
>>>>>>> and she had to learn to adjust to the foods that we had here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What you probably don't know is that eBay won't sell a lot of
>>>>>> stuff to
>>>>>> Hawaii or Alaska. I have no idea why. We get treated like we're
>>>>>> Nigerians!
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't feel bad, Hawaii's economy is still heavily agri based, can't
>>>>> drive into California without passing through the Agri inspection
>>>>> stations.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our main source of money is from tourism. Instead of planting cane and
>>>> pineapple we plant planned communities. The master plan is to move
>>>> people out of Honolulu and into all those plantation areas.
>>>
>>>
>>> Oooh...sound sort of like bucolic social engineering.
>>>
>>> Is it working?
>>
>> The Ewa plain of Oahu is a hot, dry, place. OTOH, with photovoltaic
>> cells and battery storage, you'll always be able to make your own
>> electricity. It has not succeeded in reducing traffic congestion in
>> Honolulu but my guess is that in twenty years, it's gonna be a happening
>> place!
>
>
> Lol, hope so!
>
> The reverse of what China's trying.
>
> Of course you could sen them all to the big island...
>
>

The big island is pretty cool - literally and figuratively. It's got
rain and fire coming out the the earth and it's like living in old
Hawaii. It's only a short plane ride from here.